Xiliang is also one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, called Liangzhou, which guards the main road of the Central Plains to the west and is the only place where the Silk Road must pass. The terrain is dangerous, the land is barren, it has been war-torn for a long time, the people are fierce, and the Han and Hu live together. To the west of Liangzhou is the old enemy of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, and to the east is Xianbei, who is ready to move!

The Qianghu is completely different from the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and the Qianghu is counted as a member of the minority of the Han Dynasty, and is a regular subject of the Han Dynasty, subject to the dispatch and jurisdiction of the central court; The Xiongnu and Xianbei were nomadic people who were completely independent of the Han Dynasty and were in opposition to the Han Dynasty for a long time.

The Wuhuan of Youzhou is similar to Qianghu, both of them have completely belonged to the Han Dynasty, but occasionally they will make some mistakes, and the reasons are on both sides. After the establishment of the state in the east of Liaodong, Goguryeo's status was different from that of Qianghu and Wuhuan, and it belonged to the tributary relationship between the suzerainty and the vassals of the Han Dynasty, but Goguryeo was often outside the constraints of the Han Dynasty and had been seeking to expand its territory and strengthen itself.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou Qianghu often rebelled, on the one hand, it was to resist the oppression of the central court, on the other hand, it was also the ambition of some people within Qianghu, and Emperor Han Huan single-handedly promoted and reused Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, Duan Ying, known as Liangzhou Sanming, quickly quelled the rebellion of Qianghu, stabilized the stability of Liangzhou, and even reopened the broken Silk Road for a period of time.

Huangfu Gui is the uncle of the famous general Huangfu Song, as Liangzhou Sanming was involved in the internal fighting of the central court, withered one after another, and the subordinates of Sanming in the land of Xiliang no longer had anyone to dominate, and Qianghu was also ready to move again, forming an era of warlord division of Han and Qiang melee, but they were all petty fights, and this situation has continued for nearly 20 years.

Dong Zhuo, as a great warlord in Liangzhou, even if he was removed from the post of Zhonglang General after the defeat of Huang Huang, he could still continue to be re-elected as the assassin of Liangzhou, the reason is very simple, it is useless to send others! Only Dong Zhuo can suppress the warlords of Liangzhou, let their activities be maintained within a certain range, and do business without capital in Liangzhou, don't go to Jingzhao Chang'an or even Luoyang, give the central court a little face, you respect me a foot, I respect you!

Generally speaking, Dong Zhuo, as the leader of the Xiliang warlords, recognizes the central court in his bones, but he also hates those who are in power who often dictate to him, Dong Zhuo, who has had enough of listening to the shouts, and desperately hopes that he can go further in his career, go out of Xiliang, and go to the broader land of the Central Plains, and also live a power addiction!

This is Dong Zhuo's entire political ideals and life pursuits!

Four years ago, when the Yellow Turban Army was exterminated in Jizhou, Dong Zhuo's troops were less than 30,000, and there were not many left in the old nest, all of which added up to 30,000 horses, of which there were only 3,000 cavalry, not to mention the equipment.

Today, four years later, Dong Zhuo, who has been carefully managed and carefully prepared for four years, still does not have many soldiers, with a total of 30,000 troops, but the quality and equipment have improved a lot. Including the 20,000 infantry in the headquarters, all of them are court standard suits, each with a homemade longbow, home travel, hunting and killing, and the necessary things at a low price; The son-in-law Niu Fu Department has five thousand iron horses, all of which are good horses from Xiliang, one person with two horses, full armor, and longbows; In addition, there are 5,000 people and horses at home to take care of the home, which is also a full set of imperial court standard equipment, and thousands of hard crossbows, which can be described as well-equipped!

Where do these things come from? Court? Stop dreaming! The general He Jin is not even equipped with his own descendants, only the most elite twenty or thirty thousand people are equipped with a full set of equipment, how can he give Dong Zhuo weapons?

The reason is very simple, after Li Su came to Luoyang, in addition to inviting guests to eat, give gifts and drink, he also gave Dong Zhuo a cage of talents, such as Dong Zhuojun's lack of armaments, Li Su was interested, Luoyang has many talents, and found a few laid-off old craftsmen in a certain corner, which are all the original generals of the imperial court, all of them are hereditary crafts, and they can still be mixed well in the era of Emperor Han Huan, because Emperor Han Huan likes to fight and grab territory!

But when I arrived at Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, it was bleak day by day, the treasury had no money, and the money in the private treasury was all obtained by selling my official position with great difficulty, and I wanted to spend my money? There are no doors! As a result, in the past 20 years, the various expenditures of the imperial court have been repeatedly reduced, at first all daily expenses, and later even the beginning of the army began to be reduced, and these craftsmen naturally could not be spared.

Li Su invited these craftsmen and their whole family to have a big meal with a white face, and then gave a lot of money, tens of thousands! These craftsmen patted their chests and said: Lao Tzu's life will be sold to you! You say to the east, but we will never go west!

So, this group of craftsmen was sent to Xiliang by Li Su, and explained the situation, although Li Ru did not like Li Su, but this is indeed a good thing, there are many minerals in Xiliang, just find a few hoes under a mountain can dig out metal, dig by yourself, strike iron by yourself, make weapons by yourself, almost every man in Xiliang will strike iron, as a result, the whole army is mobilized, and the Xiliang army has a new look in less than a year, and the whole army is collectively changing clothes, carefully calculated, and it didn't cost a lot of money in total! However, the overall combat effectiveness has increased by more than fifty percent!

Zi said: When everyone is naked, no one will feel that there is anything wrong, but when the first person puts on the pants, the others will immediately feel cold under the crotch. And it's insecure!

Dong Zhuo was originally the biggest warlord in Xiliang, and after such a toss, the small and medium-sized warlords around him were extremely envious, and they came to talk about Dong Zhuo, what is the best way to govern the army, unparalleled in the world, Gaidai heroes, famous generals through the ages, in short, Dong Zhuo was blown into the marshal of the sky, and there may not have been such a thing as Marshal Tianpeng in that era.

Anyway, Dong Zhuo is very useful for this, and the big and small warlords in Liangzhou have gained a lot of benefits, so Dong Zhuo's prestige is higher, and he is recommended by everyone as the king of Xiliang!

In addition to Dong Zhuo, there are several other important warlords in the land of Xiliang:

Li Dao, a native of Liangzhou Beidi, pure Han nationality, twenty-six years old, born as a horse thief, a rising star of the Xiliang warlords, and Guo Yan are also known as the Xiliang Shuangxiong, with 3,000 iron horsemen under his command, and have been attached to Dong Zhuo;

Guo Yan, a native of Zhangye, Liangzhou, three-quarters of the Han nationality, twenty-eight years old, born as a horse thief, the rising star of the Xiliang warlords, and Li Dao are called the Xiliang Shuangxiong, with three thousand iron horsemen, and have been attached to Dong Zhuo;

Fan Chou, a native of Jincheng, Liangzhou, pure Han nationality, Chinese New Year's Eve, a general of the imperial court, one of the warlords of Western Liang, with 5,000 men and horses, including 2,000 cavalry, has been attached to Dong Zhuo;

Zhang Ji, a native of Wuwei in Liangzhou, pure Han nationality, forty-two years old, born in a family of Jiangmen, one of the veteran warlords of Xiliang, with 6,000 infantry, has long been attached to Dong Zhuo;

Duan Xuan, a native of Wuwei in Liangzhou, a pure Han nationality, fifty-one years old, the younger brother of Duan Ying, one of the three Ming in Liangzhou, one of the warlords of Xiliang, commanded 5,000 infantry, and was attached to Dong Zhuo for a long time;

Ma Teng, a native of Liangzhou Fufeng, one-half Han nationality, Chinese New Year's Eve, one of the Western Liang warlords, the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the general of Fubo, after Ma Yuan, the righteous brother of Han Sui, with 5,000 iron cavalry;

Han Sui, a native of Jincheng, Liangzhou, pure Han nationality, forty-two years old, captain of the imperial court, one of the warlords of Xiliang, the righteous brother of Ma Teng, commanded 6,000 men and horses, including 3,000 cavalry;

Hu Zhen, a native of Anding, Liangzhou, pure Han nationality, Chinese New Year's Eve six, Longyou Hao family, 3,000 generals under his command;

Yang Ding, a native of Anding, Liangzhou, pure Han nationality, forty years old, Longyou Hao family, three thousand generals under his command;

These small and medium-sized warlords basically respect Dong Zhuo as the co-leader of Xiliang, most of them belong to the type of listening to the tune and not listening to the propaganda, if you have business to do, you can call them together, if you don't have any money to make, it's better not to look for me! But there are also some who obey Dong Zhuoyan.

In this way, the total number of warlords in Xiliang is only sixty or seventy thousand horses, but if you think that Xiliang is scarce, then you are very wrong!

The above numbers are all standing soldiers, that is, the descendants of these warlords, in addition, each small warlord also has its own territory, once the big war starts, immediately recruit the strong men of the territory, and immediately pull up a team of no small size! Moreover, the people of Liangzhou are fierce, everyone practices martial arts, swords and arrows are standing weapons, and the nomads can fight on the horse, and the horse grazing has a meaning!

And there are a large number of Qianghu people in the land of Xiliang, although these Qianghu people are inseparable from the Han Dynasty, but they have always maintained a close relationship with the warlords of Xiliang, the reason why they have never been completely independent from the Han Dynasty is because of the Xiliang warlords who are deterred, over the years, every time the Qiang people rebel, there will basically be the shadow of the Han people in it, and even directly join forces to rebel!

Generally speaking, the Qianghu people are quite obedient to the Han Dynasty, but since the end of the Han Dynasty, the peasant uprisings have continued, and the central court market has requisitioned these dependent minority cavalry to participate in the counterinsurgency.

Moreover, the land of Liangzhou is barren to death, and the people here are not good at farming, so the output is not much, and there are often droughts, so Liangzhou officials basically report every year: big drought! Ask for relief, ask for disaster relief!

As a result, there is a perennial drought in Liangzhou, and occasionally an official who does not understand the situation and is more serious will reject it, and the Qianghu people will immediately rebel!

What? Taxes to be paid this year? I haven't paid taxes since my grandfather, and I have to pay taxes this year? Our family's money is all snatched from outside at the risk of our lives, and you say that you will take a lot of it when you pay taxes, why? Fuck it!

often does business without capital, and almost everyone's foundation is not very clean, so they rebel decisively! Anyway, rebellion is an attitude, crying children have milk to drink, rebellion is just to show the attitude of the central court, resolutely not to pay taxes! So the central court ordered Liangzhou to assassinate Shi to quell the rebellion! This Liangzhou assassin is usually the biggest warlord leader in Liangzhou, such as Dong Fatzi.

If the two sides are not very familiar, then make a small fuss, and then recruit An! Get some benefits from it, and you can also mix up the past, so the previous case record is whitewashed, and we are good citizens of the Han Dynasty! If the general of the counterinsurgency is very familiar with the Qiang people, then even the fight is saved, just sit down to eat and drink, and then go through the process and report to the court for merit!

Over the years, the Qiang and the Han people in Liangzhou have become a family, although they often fight in the nest, but on the whole, the relationship is still good, and there is no kind of hatred that does not share the sky; And the fathers of both sides, the central court, have become outsiders.

Therefore, once necessary, the Xiliang warlord group can even mobilize the Qianghu rangers to fight, but they have to pay some military expenses.